In page 7... you're saying that t2 is a model... On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:10 AM, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Good points. Thanks. > > On Oct 16, 3:51 am, billf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry - one other thing. I think that the manual is light on the view > > aspect of MVC. If that is really web2py rather than t2 then another > > reason to ref other docs. > > > > Examples of customization using CSS and widgets would be helpful for > > newcomers plus (that old saw of mine) using own's own html. > > > > Bill > > > > On Oct 16, 9:20 am, billf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm not trying to be clever but I suppose the answer depends on who > > > your target audience is. One way of grouping the audience is: > > > > > 1) people evaluating web frameworks and know nothing of web2py, > > > 2) people who have read the web2py manual but no real experience of > > > it, > > > 3) people who know web2py already but are just using it, > > > 4) hard-core web2py users who know it inside out? > > > > > I have 1 weeks experience of both web2py and python. However, in that > > > one week I have gone through a lot of web2py core code to try to > > > understand the sequence of events and what each part does (and I have > > > years of programing and developing webapps behind me). So, I put > > > myself at about 2.5 and it just about makes sense to me. If I had > > > just picked up the manual on day 1 without using web2py at all I'm > > > pretty sure I would have been lost. > > > > > I think it is interesting that "web2py" is mentioned only 5 times in > > > the whole text (excluding the API description): once at the end of Low- > > > level Patterns, 4 times at the end of High-level patterns and a one- > > > off on page 19. > > > > > Assuming a diverse audience, I think that the chapter/section > > > structure could be clearer - maybe: > > > 1.0 Introduction > > > 2.0 Patterns: 2.1 Low-Level Patterns, 2.2 High-level Patterns > > > 3.0 T2 - Introduction: 3.1 Web2py (first 5 references to web2py here > > > plus expand to suit audience or refer to other docs), 3.2 T2 > > > Concepts(?), 3.3 Simple Example (page 7 onwards), 3.4 More Complex > > > Example > > > 4.0 T2 - Technical: 4.1 Files in T2 (currently 0.5), 4.2 API > > > (currently 0.6.1 to 0.6.3), 4.3 Database (currently page 23) > > > 5.0 Examples (currently 0.6.4 to page 22) - ideally each subsection > > > matched to a Pattern in 2.0 with some extras, e.g.Google Checkout > > > > > Now I've just got to download t2 and try it out! > > > > > Bill > > > > > On Oct 16, 1:41 am, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > thanks. Syntactics aside. Does the manual make sense? > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > On Oct 15, 5:20 pm, Keith Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Page 24: > > > > > > > created signature stores the name of the person created the > > > > > record. > > > > > > > created --> creating (or "who created") > > > > > ----------------- > > > > > > > db.mytable.myfield.comment is the comment to be shows > > > > > in the third column of create/update forms. > > > > > > > shows --> shown > > > > > ------------------ > > > > > > > db.mytable.exposes is a list of fields that should apper in > > > > > > > apper --> appear > > > > > ------------------- > > > > > > > Keith > > > -- Linux User #387870 .........____ .... _/_õ|__| ..º[ .-.___.-._| . . . . .__( o)__( o).:_______ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---